The way Chicago is used as a racist dog whistle when the stats don't even put it in the top 10 for violence is always going to perplex mehttps://twitter.com/ElBartoArmy/status/1478190804770476032 …
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I think it started before Obama but really picked up when he ran. There's always been some of this narrative from surrounding suburbs & states (who conveniently also use Chicago for everything from educational field trips to shopping to medical care) and they feed it constantly
And yet, paradoxically, these same white suburbanites will tell anyone who will listen that they're "from Chicago"
Bingo Exactly my thought as well Never heard of Chicago violence before about 2008-2010
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